Theses
Completed or near completion
Day, M.E. 2000. Factors influencing net primary
production in red spruce. Ph.D. dissertation.
Hartley, M.J. 2003. Effects of small-gap timber
harvests on songbird community composition and site-fidelity. Ph.D. thesis,
Jaros-Su, J. C. 1999. Insect biodiversity in
managed forests. Ph.D. dissertation.
Miller, K.M. 2006. Arboreal arthropod
association with epiphytes and the effects of gap harvesting in the Acadian
Saunders, M.R. 2006. Dynamics of forest
structure under different silvicultural regimes in the Acadian forest. Ph.D.
dissertation.
Schofield, D.A. 2003. Vegetation dynamics and
tree radial growth response in harvest gaps, natural gaps, and closed canopy
conditions in
Strojny, C. 2004. Effects of harvest-created and
natural canopy gaps on amphibians within a northeastern forest. M.S. thesis.
Thomas, S.L. 2007. Effects of forest management
on click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
assemblages in the Acadian
Current graduate studies
Olson,
M.G. Dissertation topic: Spatial and temporal pattern of regeneration in the
Acadian
Undergraduate research projects
Trosper,
Stacy N. 2007. Characterizing the spatial distribution of coarse woody debris. Honors Thesis and Senior Research Project.
Department of Forest Ecosystem Science.
Book and journal publications
Calhoun, A. and M.L. Hunter, Jr. 2003. Managing
ecosystems for amphibian conservation. pp. 228-241 In R. Semlitsch. Amphibian
Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Day, M.E. 2000.
Influence of temperature and leaf-to-air vapor pressure deficit on net
photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in red spruce (Picea rubens). Tree Physiology 20: 57–63. [MAFES publication # 2361]
Day, M.E., M.S. Greenwood, and A.S. White. 2001.
Age-related changes in foliar morphology and physiology in red spruce and their
influence on declining photosynthetic rates and productivity with tree age.
Tree Physiology 21: 1195–1204.
Day, M.E.,
Fraver, S., Wagner, R.G., and Day, M. 2002.
Dynamics of down woody debris following gap harvesting in the Acadian forest of
central
Hartley, M.J. and M.L. Hunter, Jr. 1998. A
meta-analysis of forest cover, edge effects, and artificial nest predation
rates. Conservation Biology 12:465-469.
Hartley, M.J. 2002. Rationale and methods for
conserving biodiversity in plantation forests.
Miller,
K.M., Wagner R.G., and Woods,
Miller, K.M., Wagner, R.G., and
Saunders,
M.R. and R.G. Wagner. 2008. Long-term spatial and structural dynamics
of Acadian mixedwood stands managed under various silvicultural systems.
Saunders, M.R. and R.G. Wagner. 2008. Height-diameter
models with random coefficients and site variables for tree species of central
Seymour, R.S., A.S. White and
P.G. deMaynadier. 2002. Natural disturbance regimes in
northeastern
Seymour,
R.S. 2005. Integrating disturbance parameters into conventional
silvicultural systems: Experience from the Acadian forest of northeastern
Seymour, R.S., Guldin, J.,
Marshall, D, and Palik, B. 2006. Large-scale, long-term silvicultural
experiments in the
Su, J. C., S. A. Woods, and M. L. Hunter. 2001.
Sampling along a vertical gradient to compare the insect communities of managed
forests. Environ. Entomol. 30: 400-407.
In preparation,
review, or press
Hartley,
M.J. Do red squirrel (Tamiasciurus
hudsonicus) population fluctuations affect songbird populations?
Ecology.
Saunders, M.R. and R.G. Wagner. Use of common
forest inventory plots for spatial point pattern analysis.
Saunders, M., R.G. Wagner, L. Rustad, and S.
Fraver. Nutrient content of down woody material in the
Strojny, C. and M. L. Hunter. Effects of
harvest-created and natural canopy gaps on amphibians within a northeastern
forest.
Su, J. C., S. A. Woods, and M. L. Hunter.
Relationships between insect community structure, plant species diversity,
plant structural diversity, and forest management.
Conference publications
Abell, K. 2002. Characterizing the effects of
forest gaps on parasitic Hymenoptera.
pp. 29. In R.G. Wagner (Comp.) Proc. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference,
October 19-20, 2002, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. 122 p.
Day, M.E., M.G. Greenwood, and A.S. White. 2000.
Long-term maturational changes in foliar
morphology and physiology in red spruce in
relation to declining net productivity with tree age. In ESA Abstracts, The Ecological Society of
Day, M.E. 2000. What causes age-related variations in foliage?
Invited presentation for the discussion
/ workshop What DOES Cause Age-Related
Decline in Forest Productivity? The Ecological Society of
Saunders, M., B. Wagner, M. Hunter, S. Woods, D.
Schofield, C. Strojny, S. Thomas, S. Fraver and L. Case. FERP: Designing and
Understanding Silvicultural Systems for the Future. pp. 52 In J.M. Hagan
(Compiler).
Saunders, M.R., and Wagner, R.G.
2005. Ten-year results of the Forest Ecosystem Research Program (FERP) -
successes and challenges. pp. 147-152 In Balancing ecosystem values: Innovative
experiments for sustainable forestry, Edited by Peterson, C.E., and Maguire,
D.A. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research
Station, Portland, OR. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-635.
Saunders, M.R. R.G. Wagner, and J. Brissette.
2002. Developing metrics for 3-dimensional forest stand structure: A test of
the stand complexity index hypothesis. pp. 63. In R.G. Wagner (Comp.) Proc.
Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference, October 19-20, 2002, University of
Maine, Orono, Maine. 122 p.
Saunders, M.R., R.G. Wagner, M.L.
Hunter,
Schofield, D.A. and R.G. Wagner. 2002. Vegetation diversity in
natural gaps, harvested gaps, and closed canopy in the Acadian forest,
Schofield, D.A. and R.G. Wagner. 2003. Plant
diversity in harvest gaps, natural gaps, and closed canopy of the Acadian
forest,
Strojny,
C. 2002. Effects of artificial canopy gaps and down woody material on amphibian
populations in the Acadian forests of
Thomas, S.L. and
Thomas, S.L. and
Thomas, S.L. and
Thomas, S.L. and S. A. Woods. 2003. Effects of
forest management on click beetle (Coleoptera Elateridae) communities inhabiting
coarse woody debris in Maine Entomological Society for